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30-11-2007, 09:58 AM
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You're Top Poster: #3   | Australian Aircraft - The Woomera Bomber of WWII Australian Aircraft [size=+2]The Woomera Bomber of WWII Australian Aircraft - The Woomera Bomber of WWII 300px-CAC_Woomera_(AC0150).jpg
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30-11-2007, 10:29 AM
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You're Top Poster: #5  | I wonder what would have happened if the aircraft had entered to RAAF service? Would it have made a significant difference over the rest? How would the remote aiming system stand up in a combat situation?
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30-11-2007, 10:49 AM
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You're Top Poster: #1  | It does seem to be a mixed bag. Some innovative design feature but I get the feeling that the barbettes would have been a white elephant, like the Defiant. It was also a bit confused in that it was designed to be a recon bomber, for which it didn't have the speed but it's capabilities as a torpedo bomber seem promising. CAC were very unfortunate that they spent so much time on such designs only to lose out to US land-lease aircraft which were more readily available.
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30-11-2007, 11:10 AM
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You're Top Poster: #1 | The Australians did design some interesting aircraft (finally found the link in my bookmarks!): Aircraft Designed in Australia
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30-11-2007, 11:52 PM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | First time I've seen pics of the Woomera on the ground. Thanks guys.
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